Wheaton Regional Park

40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min

40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Glenallen, MD. The route passes 40th Anniversary Grove before reaching Natural shelter at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi259 – 341 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Harper's Cabin Trail 39.05808, -77.03264
Nearest town Glenallen, MD

Directions

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40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min

Elevation 261–341 ft

Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park

Trailhead: Harper's Cabin Trail · 39.05808, -77.03264

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Harper's Cabin Trail, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftPass 40th Anniversary Grove.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading E.
  8. 400 ftBear left onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miPass Natural shelter.
  11. 200 ftReach 40th Anniversary Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear right onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading W.
  17. 450 ftBear right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 350 ftContinue straight onto Harper's Cabin Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

58% gravel36% dirt6% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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